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Wonder Bakery is a family-owned pastry shop located in Los Angeles, California. Their creations are infused with Asian traditions but have modern flavors. They were established over 30 years ago and now provide edgy wedding dessert creations. They use fresh fruits, tarts, and a variety of handcrafted Asian pastry specialties. They can fulfill catering needs and use only the freshest ingredients available. Their storefront is one of the most popular tourist locations in LA Chinatown’s cultural and historical plaza.
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Jeseca Creations is an award-winning bakery serving the Los Angeles, Orange, and Riverside counties in California. They use the highest quality ingredients and give each cake and customer careful and individualized attention. Customers can choose from 17 signature flavors for their birthday cakes, wedding cakes, cupcakes, or specialty cakes. They were a Wedding Wire Bride’s Choice Award winner for 2011-2013.
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- 4.0 / 5 (235)
- 5.0 / 5 (4)
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12 Oaks Desserts combines traditional baking methods with modern designs to create wedding cakes, custom cake pops, and other contemporary treats. Based in Flintridge, California, 12 Oaks has served residents throughout the greater Los Angeles area for over eight years. The baking team works together with the bride and groom to design dessert tables and wedding cakes that suit their shared vision. 12 Oaks also makes cupcakes, cake toppers, and cheesecakes.
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Kien Giang Bakery, Inc. has been serving the Los Angeles area for nearly four decades. They specialize in birthdays and weddings, and provide cakes for all occasions. They offer seasonal baked goods for the Chinese New Year and Mid-Autumn Festival. Amongst their seasonal items are Banh Tet and Banh Chung, known as Lunar New Year Cakes. They are also known for their Mooncakes, which are only available during the Mid-Autumn Festival. They bake their pastries, sandwiches, and desserts fresh daily, and use only high-quality ingredients.
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- 4.5 / 5 (189)
- 5.0 / 5 (12)
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HotCakes Bakes is a Los Angeles bakery that offers a wide array of cakes, cupcakes, and other assorted desserts and is known for being the first ever winners of The Food Network's Cupcake Wars. Owner Elfie Weiss was born in Paris, France. There, she trained in the renowned bakery Gerard Mulot and Laduree. HotCakes Bakes was established in 2007 and features a classy yet entertaining style of decorating, which is due in part to Elfie’s family, who were cabaret artists. They offer their baking services for all special types of occasions, and they also provide catering services.
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- 3.5 / 5 (806)
- 4.7 / 5 (19)
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Sensitive Sweets has store fronts both in Fountain Valley, California and San Clemente, California. They specialize in providing baked goods to those with mild to severe food allergies. All of the products are gluten free, dairy free, soy free, egg free, nut free, and vegan. They have a wide variety of baked items including bread, cookies, donuts, cakes, muffins, and pies. Owner and Head Baker Melanie Hohman is passionate about providing the most basic element of a birthday party – the cake – to kids and adults who otherwise have strict and limited diets. The entire bakery is a dedicated gluten- and nut-free facility.
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- 4.0 / 5 (632)
- 4.7 / 5 (88)
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Tasty Temptations Catering provides catering, baking, and wedding cake services to the Los Angeles area. They have the capacity to cater events from company picnics, formal co*cktail events, to elegant weddings. They have over 30 years of bakery and catering experience and continue to provide high-quality products and services. They use only the finest ingredients and rely on the highly trained staff to deliver on their promise of excellence. They have an extensive catering menu and many wedding cake options to choose from. Clients can customize the shape, cake flavor, icing flavor, and filling flavor of the cake, and they can provide cakes large enough for 500 guests.
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Mwokaji Cakery serves the Los Angeles area and specializes in buttercream-frosted cakes adorned with organic elements, such as fresh fruit and flowers. Owner Tamara Brown, aka Chef Breezee, is committed to providing gourmet cakes and desserts that are free of GMO’s and made from locally-sourced ingredients. She has studied under the Chief Cake Decorator for the Wynn Encore in Las Vegas. The studio offers cakes for all special occasions, as well as cupcakes, cookies, and mini desserts. Mwokaji Cakery also has a comprehensive catering menu and they provide delivery and setup services for weddings and other events.
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Patty’s Cakes and Desserts is located in Fullerton, California and has been providing specially-baked cakes and other desserts to customers since 2010. They have cakes for all occasions, including birthdays, weddings, dinner parties, corporate events, and church functions. They have been voted Best Cupcakes four years in a row by the Orange County Hot List, and were a 2016 Wedding Wire Couples’ Choice Award winner. Patty’s Cakes and Desserts was also presented with the Fullerton Chamber of Commerce 2015 Small Business of the Year Award.
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The Butter End Cakery is located in Los Angeles, California. The highly creative and motivated team of bakers specialize in stunning specialty cakes, and in 2014, they provided edible Inside Edition cake trophies for Golden Globe Award winners. They offer their services for birthdays, weddings, showers, and special events, and also have mini cakes, cupcakes, Herbal Life cakes, and assorted dessert bars. The Butter End Cakery has been featured in Style Me Pretty and Martha Stewart Weddings Top Pastry Pros, and they were the 2012 Wedding Wire Bride’s Choice Award winner.
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Rossmoor Pastries is a wedding and specialty cake studio located in Signal Hill, California. The bakery was founded in 1961, and in 1988, current owners Charles and Janice purchased Rossmoor Pastries and restored the core values that were once the foundation of the business. They now partner with local restaurants, cafes, hotels and other food service venues such as the Staples Center and Anaheim Stadium. In 2006, Rossmoor Pastries was able to provide 100,000 cupcakes to the Disneyland Resort for its 50th Anniversary. They have many varieties of birthday cakes, wedding cakes, gourmet desserts and pastries, and select items can be ordered online and shipped anywhere across the country.
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- 4.0 / 5 (688)
- 4.5 / 5 (98)
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Sweet E’s Bake Shop began in 2009 and has since expanded to include store fronts and a mobile food truck. There are two locations; one in the heart of Beverly Hills and the other in West Hollywood. They deliver desserts locally to Los Angeles but ship all across the country. They provide catering services for weddings and parties, and clients can rent their food truck and stock it with desserts of their choice. Sweet E’s Bake Shop also has the ability to bake and deliver fresh desserts daily to local restaurants, hotels, and businesses.
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Sweet Lady Jane has been providing fine desserts to the Los Angeles area for nearly 30 years. They pride themselves on using only high-quality ingredients, in-season fruit, no mixes, and no preservatives. Sweet Lady Jane has been featured in many publications such as Oprah’s Favorite Things 2014, In-Style, In-Style Weddings, Entertainment Weekly, Country Home, and the New York Times. They have store locations in West Hollywood, Santa Monica, Encino, and Newport Beach, and each location serves breakfast and lunch, and has its own bakery.
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- 4.6 / 5 (49)
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El Pavo Bakery is based in San Gabriel, California but also has five other locations in the Los Angeles area. They provide fresh pastries, cakes, and other Mexican-inspired dishes. They have many cake types and fillings to choose from, and they take custom orders. They have catering services and offer seasonal options during Easter and Lent.
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3.9
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Located in Thousand Oaks, California, Frost It Cakery was founded in 2011. They specialize in gourmet boutique style cupcakes, custom cakes, wedding cakes, and desserts. Their baked goods are made from scratch each day, and their organic fruits are provided by local farmers. They are an appointment-only cake studio which enables them to focus wholeheartedly on their wedding and custom cake clients. Frost It Cakery has been featured in many blogs including Style Me Pretty and Ruffled, and they were named one of the Best of 2015 in California Wedding Day magazine.
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- 4.5 / 5 (120)
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Fantasy Frostings is family-owned and operated and has been serving the west coast of California since 1971. They offer wedding cakes, specialty cakes, dessert bars, cupcakes, pies, and other assorted items. Their mission is to create superior desserts that are baked fresh daily and never frozen. They use only the highest quality ingredients supplied by local farmers when available. They have gluten-, dairy-, and sugar-free options. Fantasy Frostings has been featured in Style Me Pretty and Wedding Party, and were a 2015 Wedding Wire Couples’ Choice Award winner.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Introduction
A wedding cake is a traditional dessert served at wedding receptions following ceremonies. In Ancient Rome, wedding cakes served as a symbolic centerpiece for the bride and groom, and they consisted of spiced bread buns.
Today's wedding cakes are quite different but still symbolize a bride and groom's love for one another. Traditional cakes feature three tiers, and the most common cake flavor is vanilla (white cake) with buttercream frosting.
In addition to traditional buttercream, custom cake toppings, icing, and fillings include fondant, mascarpone, berries, and even crushed rock candy. A wedding cake is one of the most important aspects of any wedding, as it serves as the main dessert for guests, and it's often the first thing guests see when entering the reception area.
What is the best wedding cake?
There are many different types of wedding cakes with various flavors, designs, and icing options, so the best wedding cake comes down to personal taste. Some of the most popular wedding cake flavors include vanilla cake with buttercream, red velvet, vanilla cake with blackberries and sugar flowers, and pumpkin spice with cinnamon fondant.
How much should a wedding cake cost?
Wedding cakes can cost anywhere between $75 and $1,500. The price of a wedding cake is determined by size, ingredients, specialty toppings, and cake decorations, so specific prices can deviate from the average based on your needs.
How much wedding cake should I order?
The size and quantity of wedding cake you should order depend on how many guests will be attending your wedding. A standard three-tier cake serves between 50 and 100 guests, and a quarter sheet cake provides 54 servings. A half sheet cake serves 108 single slices.
What are options for wedding cake flavors?
There are many options for wedding cake flavors, and cakes can also be customized with nontraditional flavors. Common options include vanilla with buttercream frosting, red velvet with white buttercream frosting, chocolate and German chocolate, and marble cake. Less traditional options include lemon, carrot, and banana.
What is the traditional wedding cake flavor?
The most common flavor of a traditional wedding cake is vanilla cake with buttercream frosting. However, chocolate is also considered traditional, especially for groom's cakes. German chocolate, red velvet, and champagne flavored cakes are also popular and fall into the traditional category.
How many layers should a wedding cake have?
Traditional wedding cakes generally have three separate tiers, but cakes can be customized to meet the visions of the bride and groom. Each tier has its own significance. The top tier is to be saved by the bride and groom and eaten on the first wedding anniversary, and the bottom tier is to be served at the reception. The middle tier is distributed to guests after the wedding.
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